Michael D Higgins

Paschal Donohoe said ‘any social science always merits constant debate regarding how it is taught’

The period that followed the 1920s would see Mother and Baby Homes, abuse of Magdalene women and attempts to control women’s reproductive capacity

President’s comments welcomed

Higgins questions ‘obsession’ with economic growth and finds fault with teaching of economics in universities

In reception for think tank Tasc, Michael D Higgins condemned ‘neo-liberalism’ and urged country to ‘rebalance economy, ecology and ethics’

Irish activists, environmentalists, thinkers and doers on the actions and initiatives that give them hope for our future on planet Earth. Illustrations by Anne O'Hara

If the President’s desk was on a Pinterest board under ‘organised office inspo’ we would probably be facing a constitutional crisis

Irish president welcomes US counterpart for diplomatic high-point of latter’s visit to Ireland

The military does not make its own rules: responsibility for oversight lies with the Government

US president set to visit Belfast, Dublin, Louth and Mayo on his four-day trip to Ireland

Park will not reopen until 5pm on Thursday, affecting thousands of motorists, cyclists and walkers

Former taoiseach says lawyers advised him challenge would have halted inquiry into personal finances but he wanted to defend himself ‘politically rather than legally’

Two jets to be leased to fill gap caused by ongoing mechanical issues with Air Corps Learjet

Herstory project aims to teach young people on both sides of the Border about women’s contribution to peace

President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar attend ceremony outside the GPO

Republican groups marched in west Belfast and other areas of Northern Ireland on Saturday

US president will arrive in Belfast on Tuesday evening along with British PM Rishi Sunak

‘Doctrine of Discovery’ enabled European conquests of Americas and Africas since 15th century

Justine McCarthy: It’s sickening to watch TDs who lost their seats in the Dáil swanning into the Seanad for a five-year breather. Their treatment of it as a halfway house debases the institution

Tom Connolly claims refugees are being ‘bulldozed’ into small communities without consultation

The president is also likely to address a joint sitting of the Houses of the Dáil and Seanad on Thursday, April 13th, according to sources in the Oireachtas

Micheál P O’Higgins SC and Rory Mulcahy SC received their warrants of appointment from President at Áras an Uachtaráin

Sinn Féin leader finds there is no partition in economy class as she is seated in the same row as DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson on their way home from Washington

Director Ross White and actor James Martin among attendees as Higgins says he was ‘so moved by the warmth conveyed in An Irish Goodbye’

President says world should ‘embrace decent instincts of humanity such as St Patrick embodied’

This year’s Academy Awards ‘testament to the wealth of talent’ in sector, says Minister for Arts

Higgins’s comments come in wake of debate regarding transgender education in schools

Former taoiseach says EU unlikely to make any further changes to Windsor Framework after protracted negotiations

Amid speculation on his intentions former taoiseach also says questions on who will run for Áras in 2025 are ‘disrepectful’ of current President.

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President Higgins leads tributes to former Abbey actor

Discovery of a suspicious object close to Brandywell stadium caused ‘significant disruption’ to those travelling from the Derry City v Shamrock Rovers match

Two pupils from Mulroy College in Milford died in explosion last October

While some support his return to Fianna Fáil, most were sceptical about his chances if he runs for President

Paul Gillespie: It is essential to consider the war in the context of increasing demands by big countries for a multipolar world, instead of one dominated by the US

His influential research spanned four decades, during which he fought racism, sexism, homophobia and other prejudices

The President on migration, the Irish housing crisis and how he has his role ‘quite worked out’

‘We can’t look at those drowned in the sea… without realising that something has gone desperately wrong,’ Michael D Higgins says

We are creating machines whose reasoning and analytical abilities are way beyond our human ability to understand

Higgins speaks at opening of major food security conference in Senegal